𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍 ➻ 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧

𝘁𝘄𝗼

BRIGHT LIGHTS FLOODED HER VISION. As well as the stinging stench of disinfectant. Great. Anastasia loved hospitals, not. The walls were painted in a deep shade of what she guessed to be toothpaste and desperately needed redoing, several areas needed patching up.

She looked around from the bed she lay in, she noticed that on the opposite side of the room, Bella Swan sat with a nurse taking her blood pressure whilst Chief Swan angrily scolded the kid who's truck hit Anastasia and almost Bella.

"You can kiss your license goodbye." He stated, clearly unhappy with the situation. Bella just seemed to look at her dad with a look on her face that showed she didn't want to make a big deal out of it all.

It was at that moment the doors opened, and a man walked through. His complexion pale white, whilst his blonde hair was carefully styled, his stainless doctor's coat told her that he was definitely not just another nurse.

"I heard the chief's daughter was here." He smiled as he strutted through the doorway, his smile was so bedazzling to Anastasia that she felt herself going light-headed for a moment.

Charlie breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, Doctor Cullen." Was this Edward's dad? Anastasia wondered.

The man nodded in response. "Charlie." He smoothly spoke as he patted Chief Swan on the back. "I've got this one, Jackie." He swiftly took the clipboard containing all of Bella's information from the nurse who then walked away.

"Isabella." He read from the paper.

Bella suddenly jumped to correct him. "Bella."

He smiled at her for a moment, showing her he understood that was what she wished to be called. "Well, Bella, looks like you took quite a spill. How do you feel?"

"Good." Bella replied automatically, as if second nature to her.

He held up a finger and took out a light with the other hand. "Look here." He instructed, quickly wetting his lips a moment as Bella focused on his forefinger, then he quickly held up the light towards her eyes. "You might experience some post-traumatic stress or disorientation, but your vitals look good. No signs of any head trauma." Doctor Cullen announced, placing his light in his breastpocket. "I think you'll be just fine."

Then the Tyler kid piped up who was keenly listening. "I'm so sorry, Bella. I'm really-" Then he got cut off as Chief Swan swiftly yanked the divider curtain to hide him.

"You know, it would have been a whole lot worse if Edward wasn't there." Bella revealed. "He knocked me out of the way."

"Edward? Your boy?" Charlie Swan suddenly turned to Doctor Cullen, who briefly looked up at Bella uncertainly for a moment before looking back down at the clipboard.

"Yeah, it was amazing. I mean, he got to me so fast, he was nowhere near me." She pushed further, obviously trying to provoke something out of the doctor,

"Sounds like you were very lucky." He shot her a firm smile as to end the conversation and moved to put the clipboard away after saying goodbye hastily to the Chief. "Charlie."

He then looked up for a moment, seeing the next patient on his list. And Anastasia froze in her place when the two made eye contact, she could've sworn her heart stopped. Though she mentally punched herself, she realised that more than likely looked horrendous at that moment.

"Doctor Cullen." She greeted him, her voice slightly shaky. "How are you?" Anastasia would much rather throw herself off of a cliff at this moment. The painful small talk was killing her already.

A brief laugh passed through him. "I think I should be the one asking that question Miss Von Blyssen. After all, you were the one in an incident." His kind smile seemed to warm up her entire body inside of the cool room.