superficial | twilight

07 - Sisters

"Mm soup. Again." King mutters as she sets her spoon down and wipes her mouth gentle.

"Carlisle said no solids for like a month, sorry kiddo." Charlie pats her arm gently; normally he would have ruffled her hair but she nearly died 4 days ago, he can't risk hurting her.

"When Bella here?" She asks - she knows, she sounds childish, but saying too much hurts and she's too lazy right now.

"Right about now. You ready for a shower?" Bella smiles as she comes in.

Charlie swipes the tray from Kingsley's lap and exits the room swiftly, both girls laughing. King nods gently, eager for a wash finally. She can't wash her hair yet because of the stitches on her head, but anything will do right now.

"You good with that?" King raises an eyebrow as Bella eyes the IV.

"Yeah... I think it's just this - oo got it." She smirks and unclips the tube as Carlisle explained to.

King looks sceptical but accepts the help up, leaning a lot on Bella for support - since when does everything hurt worse than when she woke up? "You okay?" Bella asks, taking her time with the girl as she nods. They make it to the bathroom and King smiles triumphantly - yes yes yes, clean me!

"Lean there for a moment." Bella says as she balances the girl against the sink. The bathroom is small but it'll do.

King catches sight of herself in the mirror, gently running her fingers over the swollen left side of her jaw, then the bruises across her cheeks. She can see the bruising on her chest from the CPR, the bruises from the broken ribs - she's more purple than Barney the freakin dinosaur.

And then she blushes brighter than Clifford the big red dog as Bella pulls her tank top off and helps her get her shorts off; at least she climbs into the steaming cubicle quickly.

"Trust me, I know what it is like being helped by someone else - I'll make it quick." She promises as King nods.

And, as promised, Bella is quick - but gentle - as she cleans King and helps her change into some clean shorts and a loose tank top pyjama set. She then brushes the knots from her greasy hair and helps her back to bed, clipping the IV back. "Ha! And they bet I couldn't do it." She mutters.

"Thank you," King says as she cuddles into the clean sheets someone put on her bed.

"No problem, kid." Bella smiles, raising an eyebrow as Jacob comes in and climbs over the girl sitting in the empty half of the bed.

He looks at her. "What?"

"Nothing nothing... just, weird. You two, getting along." Bella shakes her head.

King giggles as Jake rolls his eyes. "I think we can all agree there are bigger things to life than hating each other - shame it took so much to realise it."

"Mm mature all of a sudden, aren't we?" Bella teases and leaves as Jake rolls his eyes.

King looks at the book in his lap. "Was tha?"

"Book - b-oo-k." He holds it up.

King slaps him as he laughs. "Sorry, okay. It's a photo album. Rebecca and Rachel are coming this weekend to meet you, I thought you should at least know what they look like."

Kingsley goes quiet. This weekend? While she still looks like she went 10 rounds with McGregor? While she still talks like an idiot? Yay...

"This is me as a baby - I know, cute." Jacob smirks. "And that's the twins - they're actually really cool, not what most older sisters are. This is..."