Old soul

AN OCCASION

Natalia's eyes opened to a bright, white light. She was in an unfamiliar room, a white room. The wall behind her was covered in long vertical blinds; over her head, the glaring lights blinded her. It took her a moment to realise she was sitting on someone's lap, as her vision returned to her, she looked up to lock eyes with Jasper Hale, her boy.

It took the girl a couple of minutes to realise where she was, more specifically what room she was it. As Natalia stood up from her comfy seat, and payed closer attention to the hospital bed in front of her, Talia noticed Bella was lying there. The girl was surrounded by clear tubes, with something taped over her face. Edward was sitting on the chair closest to her bed, his hand locked with Bella's.
Natalia stared at her best friend until Bella looked over at her, the girls were overly grateful that each other were still here - alive and breathing.
Bella tilted her head, easing her hand to wipe away tears that were threatening to spill. Natalia moved forward until she was on the other side of Bella's hospital bed, holding her hand and pressing a kiss to her forehead. "You're okay...you're okay..." Natalia choked on a sob, letting what seemed to be a mix of a chuckle and a cry out as she enveloped Bella in a hug. Bella sighed in content, pulling Natalia closer until the girls were crushing each other.

"Natalia, I'm so sorry!"
"Bella, it's okay - everything's okay. You're safe...you're alive."
"I was so stupid. I shouldn't have gotten you involved-"
"Don't you dare blame yourself! You thought he had your mum, you know I would have done it with or without you, Bells."
"I'm just happy you're okay..."
"We both are."

Edward watched the girls with a smile, opening his mind to Jasper who seemed to agree. They were going to be a troublesome pair in the future. But both boys won't trade them for anything.

"Alice called your parents, Bella. She also called Jacob, for you, Talia."
Natalia bit her bottom lip, ignoring the thought of the lecture she knew she was going to receive from Jacob, and the much worse one Billy was going to give her.
"Renee is getting something to eat, she'll be back up here in a little while."

Bella nodded, thankful Edward had caught her up after she had finally woken up from her rest. The plan was to make her mother believe she had fallen down two flights of stairs and through a window. That was believable because of Bella's clumsiness and all the injuries she had been given.
The Swan girl smiled as Natalia took a seat beside Jasper. But then a question appeared in her mind.
"What happened to James?"
Edward tensed, "After I threw him off of you, Noah and Emmet were trying to take care of him - but he was not giving up so easily."
Natalia carried on, "You were on the floor, Edward was saving you and Jas took care of him. Then Rosalie poured gasoline over the body, making the flames Jasper had thrown on him grow."
Bella smiled at Jasper, surprised he had even returned her gaze, let alone returned her smile too.

Natalia smiled to herself as Jasper took hold of her hand. "Also, with your mum believing the story, me and Alice had quite a bit of fun fabricating the details. By that, I mean we had fun smashing a few windows to pieces."
Jasper shook his head, straightening in the chair, "It's all been taken care of convincingly - you could try and sue the hotel if you wanted to, you have nothing to worry about, Bella."
Edward gently stroked Bella's cheek with the lightest of touches. "Your only job now is to heal."
Natalia stood up from her chair, Jasper following her movements. "We're meeting up with everyone else to head back, I'll see you when you're back Bells..." she turned to Edward, "Be extra careful with her - she's fragile, even more so now...good luck with her mum." The couple left the room, making their way through the building until they reached the back doors. Noah was waiting patiently for them, smiling kindly when they came into his view, "Alice can't wait to get you back to Forks, Natalia...she's been telling everyone it's time to play dress up."

It appears what Noah had to say reminded Jasper of something - it was important, but more humorous that anything else. Natalia stopped walking as they left the building and entered the car park, "What is Noah talking about? And Alice - What?" She stopped talking once she saw the look Jasper was giving her. His head was tilted to the side, a lopsided smile on his face as his eyes seemed to convey a thousand messages.
"You'll find it out when it's time, Darlin' don't worry."