Swans Don't Quit

Crash

 Apparently the Forks' prom went off without a hitch. I thought for sure there would have been some report of a dancing accident or someone spiking the punch. Isabella was still connected at the hip with boyfriend as the summer progressed. My time at the diner had increased again. Aggie and Leah were more than happy to take care of me while I was there. Leah had taken to working the early morning and grave yard shifts. She said the people were nicer at those times and gave good tips. I made sure to stop by a couple times a week. Sue was having a fit though and I would get home from the station or diner and find a pan of food on the porch.

Dad had moved me up in the station. I was the new desk clerk and worked with the dispatch officer. Dad said it was for me to learn the lingo they used to dispatch officers but the truth was that Dispatch Officer Sandy Green would be going on maternity leave in three months and they were training me to take over till she got back and then it would be about time I could take the tests to because an official officer. While I was learning from the dispatch officer I was also running the desk meaning I handle the patrol cars and which one which officer got. I also had to make the arrangements when a car broke and had to make sure it got fixed straight away. The department only had six cars. The chief and deputies got to take theirs home at night while the officers had to turn over the keys every night. The new job meant that I got a pay check and with that worked five days a weeks.

Dad had just been dispatched on a call when the phone rang to my desk. I picked up the phone while still looking at the paper work I was holding in my hand. The person on the other end of the line shocked the hell out of me.

"Forks Police Department. This is Eli." I answered.

"Eli, its Bella. Is dad in?" She asked and I put down the paper work down and looked at the clock.

"I thought you had an appointment this afternoon?" I asked back.

"I just remembered that and Edward went camping for the next couple days with his family. I need a ride, I still can't drive." She said and I knew this was going to be a tough situation.

"Dad just went out on a call and won't be back for a while. I'll call you back in a couple minutes to see what I can do." I said before hanging up. I turned and walked across the room where Sandy was dispatching one of the officers to a noise complaint on the edge of town.

"Sandy would it be possible for me to cut out for the rest the day?" I asked when she finished the dispatch. She rolled the chair around to face me.

"Sure. But can I ask why?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

"My sister forgot about a doctor's appointment and still can't drive. The boyfriend's out of town and she doesn't have a ride." I said and Sandy nodded giving me the shoo motion.

"Thank you, Sandy." I said and packed her on the cheek. I saw the smile creep onto her face before I moved to collect my things and called Isabella back. I pulled up to the house and walked inside. Isabella was ready to go and I helped her out to the truck so she didn't fall. The trip to the hospital was spent in tense silence. I sat in the waiting room as the doc took an x-ray. I was brought into the room when it was done and the doc asked questions and started to cut the cast off. Isabella grabbed a hold of my hand and squeezed it, looking anywhere but the saw that was cutting the plaster off her leg.

The doc replaced it with a walking cast and gave her new instructions on how to take care of it. With the walking cast she won't need the crutches she needed before. As we walked out she held on to my arm to keep steady, but by the time we made it to the parking lot she had let go and was walking okay on her own. She wouldn't be able to drive for a couple more weeks, but after that it would be as if her leg was never broken. The drive was silent till about halfway home.