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The lights flickered above her, an incessant buzzing chasing after the light, and a silence hung in the room as Dr. Cullen scribbled away on his clipboard.
"Can you move your wrist without any difficulty?" He finally broke the silence, glancing up at Bella waiting for her reply.
Bella hesitated, trying to work up the nerve of moving her wrist that was now free of its cast. Bella raised her hand, flexing her fingers as she slowly tested her movement.
A dull pain swept through her arm, biting down a wince Bella shook her head, trying to stay calm under the observant gaze of the doctor. "No." She could feel Charlie watching her, eyes constantly darting between the doctor and her when he asked questions, he looked tense, which only served to make herself more tense.
"Mm," he sniffled, scratching his cheek as he shifted his weight. "And your leg, you think you could walk on it for me?" He looked up turning his full attention on Bella, holding the clipboard against his chest.
Bella felt her chest tighten as anxiety coiled around her chest, her heart hammering away as she forced herself to stay calm. 'Hes here to help,' becoming her mantra as she tried to slowly stand.
Pain bolted up the length of her leg, like it had no where else to run to, leaving a pool of discomfort at the base of her leg, casually crawling up and down as she began to steady herself. Bella's mouth twitched as she chewed the inside of her cheek, willing herself to deal with the pain. It wasn't that bad, she had dealt with worse.
"๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. " ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
"๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ต๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ณ?" ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ.
๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข, ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ. "๐- ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ?! ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ! ๐๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ?" ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ. "๐ ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ด. ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ."
๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฑ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข.
"Bella?" Charlie gently touched Bellas elbow, bringing her out of her reverie.
Unable to hide her flinch she braced herself against the examining bed with an awkward chuckle.
Her bones begged her to stop as she took a step, and then another, walking across the small room with a limp.ย As she took her next step her foot refused to land, twisting itself, pain rippling through her leg.
Bella gasped and hissed in pain, only being caught by Carlisle a moment later. Carlisle slid an arm around Bellas back, feeling her tense and and relax on repeat as he helped her back to the bed, taking out the clipboard and scribbling something onto it.
"Your ankle is fresh out of the cast, ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ. So you will have to give it time before you bounce back." Carlisle sucked in a breath, gaze bouncing from Charlie and Bella. "But, rest assured you should be perfectly roaring to go within twenty four hours." He looked down at the clipboard, turning to Charlie. "I need to speak with you about her medical records, make sure there's nothing missing if you could."
"๐๐ฉ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ.." ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.
"๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ?" ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ.
"๐๐ฆ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ." ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข, ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
"๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ?"ย ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ, ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ.
"๐๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต?"
"๐ ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต."
"๐๐ฌ๐ข๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐น-๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ซ๐ถ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฐ.. ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ." ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ.
"๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ." ๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ. "๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด." ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ. "๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ง๐ง ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ?"
"Now remember, eat before hand, and have no more than four a day, alright?" Carlisle spoke up, turning away from Charlie and facing Bella.
"Uhm, yeah-yeah okay."
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The weeds ruffled under the winds current, birds sung as they flew around the trees surrounding an opening in the field. A doe stood proudly in the middle, lazily eating it's fill, unaware of the danger that surrounded it.
Bursting from the shadows, a wolf snapped it's jaws, tackling it's prey with vicious precision, blood being propelled out of the poor things neck with the force of the beast, the deer thrashing violently beneath the forceful jaws that held it. With a growl the wolf tightened its grip, digging deeper until the creature beneath it went still. Birds flew away from the commotion, leaving only the dying cries of the doe in the air.
"Filthy mutt." A woman snarled, stepping out of the treeline from across the field. "No wonder the Cullens," a ragged breath tore through her as she stepped closer. "Chooses to live alongside you,"
The wolf growled, stepping closer.
"Really pathetic." She struggled out wincing. Glaring at the wolf in front of her. She was met with another threatening growl, the grey wolf getting ready to attack.
A twisted smile crawled across her features, she cocked her head to the side expectantly, waiting for the wolf to make the first move.
The wolf pounced, claws outstretched hoping to pin it's threat. The woman however was unfazed, stepping to the side before the wolf could change course, slamming her fists into the beasts spine, reveling in the pained whine that she earned when he slammed into the ground, skidding through the dirt. Before the wolf could fully regain its footing, she climbed on top of it, wrapping her hands around it's neck holding it firmly as it struggled to get free. "ah, ah ah." She singsonged, gritting her teeth as the beast thrashed, slashing her shin.
"We need to have a chat." She cooed, tightening her grip until the wolf quit moving.
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"Something on your mind?" Charlies gruff voice sounded throughout the cab of the car. His hands hesitantly sliding around the wheel, gravel churning below them as the diner came into full view.
Bella wrung her hands in her lap, using the dull pain as a reminder of what happened, guilt seeping in. "No, I'm fine." She was leaning against the door, eyes scanning her surroundings.
Silence fell over them.
"If you're sure.." He huffed, opening the door, stepping out into the cold chilly air.
Suppressing a shiver, Bella opened the door stepping out of the car. Bracing herself against the back door while she closed the front, timidly taking her first step.
As promised some of the pain dwindled out, throbbing periodically as she took her time getting to the diner.
The meal went on in relative silence, apart from the rest of the building thrumming with life. "Have you made anymore friends?" Charlie tried to break their uncomfortable silence.
Bella toyed with the fry on her plate, looking up but avoiding his gaze. "Uh, no. I haven't had the best track record with that." She chuckled awkwardly, tensing when Charlie let out a heavy sigh.
"Yeah? Well, I'm sure it's just a matter of time."
She hummed dropping her food, and scooting back in her chair.
"Hey! You're the new girl right?" Bella eyed the red-ish, brown headed teenager cautiously as she approached, looking around her to see a small group of friends waiting for her return.
Bella didn't say anything, just nodded.
"Sorry to intrude, I'm uh, Jessicas sister." She continued, as if it explained everything.
"Please, sit down theres no need for you to stand." Charlie interjected before she could continue.
The girl nodded her thanks and sat down. "I uh, I wanted to apologize for her behavior at lunch, she's.. How do I put this... Kind of a difficult person." She laughed out awkwardly.
Charlie looked between the two girls, confused as to what she meant.
"No, don't worry about it." She cleared her throat. "Uhm, I wasn't watching where I was going. It was my fault." Brushing it off, she fidgeted in her seat.
The girl paused, mulling over her words. "I find that hard to believe.." She muttered before straightening in her chair. "Anyways, I'm Jennie, feel free to sit at my table anytime you want, okay? It's the least I can do." She offered a warm smile before excusing herself from the table. "Thanks for hearing me out, enjoy the rest of your meal!" With a small wave she returned back to her own table, leaving Bella and Charlie alone.
Charlies gaze shifted around the table, finally looking at Bella. "She sounds like a nice kid." He rumbled.
Bella nodded.
"See, what'd I tell ya, Bells?" He began finishing his food while Bella watched her own plate in silence.
On the walk out to the car Bella caught a glimpse of Jennie, chatting with her friends barely noticing Bella. Her face lit up and she waved again. Bella looked away, offering only a smaller wave before climbing into the car.
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"So.. What'd this Jessica do at lunch?" He inquired, the hum of traffic keeping her company.
Hugging herself Bella looked over at Charlie briefly, returning her gaze to the passing scenery. "Nothing, she uh, bumped into me on accident. Spilt my drink is all."
If Charlie didn't like the answer she gave him, he didn't let on driving quietly.
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"Finally!" The woman rasped. "You're awake!"