Biting and Scratching

Sick

It seemed to bother Edward, what I dreamed that night, and what I continued to dream of any moment I had an opportunity to rest.
Since it bothered Edward, it bothered the rest of the family too, I didn't know why, and no one would tell me.
In fact, they decided it was necessary for such extreme measures that I don't find out that they started thinking in random languages around me, each person a different language, and each time I saw them the language swapped- to begin with, the only language I knew was English, so the measures were unnecessary to begin with, but also kind of annoying!
Their extremes, of course, only made me more curious and more intense about what they were hiding from me, but they were a lot older than me, and as such, a LOT smarter... They were beginning to irritate me as much as all of the "help" I was getting at school.

Thanks to the cast around my leg, for the last month every time I go to do anything by myself, people are immediately crowding around me asking "are you sure that's such a good idea", "don't strain yourself", and the most irritating, "here, let me do that for you!" I mean seriously, even when I go to put the remaining of my food in the bin after lunch, I'm apparently not even allowed to do that!

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Ok, now that my little rant is over, onto a more pressing matter, I've been really concerned about Bells recently, ever since the accident, she's been acting differently, she's been sleeping even less, she's snapped at guys about twelve times a day to leave either me or herself alone and worst of all, she's become a tiny bit obsessed with Eddy, not as in the stalker way though, but in a "there's something off with you and you're whole family, and I'm gonna find out what." Sort of way...

The Cullen's/Hale's all agreed, although Alice a bit reluctantly, to separate themselves from the school even more so that they were before, now the only person they talked to outside of their family was me. Even in class, apparently Edward was sitting as far away from Bella as possible.
They hoped that she would eventually lose interest and just live a normal life, I did too, it just wasn't fair, to anyone. Bella was becoming obsessive and losing touch with the world, it pained Edward mentally to treat her like he did in the hospital, and Alice's visions were becoming muddled and confusing, thus giving her vampire sized migraines. And not to sound selfish, but it was exhausting for me to run interference between Bella and the Cullen/Hale family when the only way they could get away without me would be to use their vamp speed.

Waking up this morning I groaned, Bella had to let up soon, I loved my sister and all, but not only did I have to make sure that she didn't find anything out, but I still had to run my lessons when she finally fell asleep for a few minutes, not gonna lie though, it was creepy to know that right next door was Edward stalker staring my sister during said few minutes....

Regardless, I did my morning routine, having a shower, washing my face, etc. I did pause though, when I caught a glimpse of my face, it was pale, really pale, but my cheeks were flushed and I felt hot, under my eyes were dark purple rings, like the ones my vampire friends possessed. I really was tired and run down I really was... now that I thought about it, I didn't feel to good either, I REALLY didn't feel well...
Eyes widening, I turned quickly to the toilet behind me, pulling up the lid just in time.
Hearing the contents of your stomach hit porcelain is most definitely not the most pleasant sound in the world, that's for sure, but then again, neither is the sound of your sister banging on the bathroom door, telling you to hurry up so that she can get ready.
Gagging one more time, I shakily got to my feet and flushed the toilet, opening the door and leaning against the frame, my sister gasped when she saw me, I must not have been a pleasant sight...
"Bells, I don't feel so good..." I groaned, pushing my forehead against the cool frame.
"Julie, sweetie, what's wrong?" She cooed, plying me off the frame and pressing the back of her hand against my head. "Oh geez, you're burning up, I need to get you to the doctors!" She breathed, pulling her hand away and bringing me to my room, placing me on my bed "you get changed back into your pajamas, there is no way in hell you are going to school today, I'm going to take you to see Dr Cullen and then I'm going to have to go to school, alright?" I nodded without thinking, standing up and swaying slightly, groaning as the world around me began to spin. Placing a hand on my head seemed to make the world stop for a moment, so I slowly walked over to my dresser and pulled out a random pair of pajamas pushing myself to the door I heard my sister on the phone; "yeah Charlie, I already called Dr Cullen, he said that he'll look after her while I'm at school, then he'll send Alice to drop her off later." There was a pause, "she's just really sick, I don't know what's wrong." Another pause, "Alright talk to you soon."
"Bells," I croaked from the top of the stairs, not feeling stable enough to make them myself, and feeling absolutely ridiculous for having to ask help walking downstairs
"Oh Julie," Bella gasped as I stumbled onto the railing.
"I really don't feel well..." I mumbled, where were we going again? My head feels too fuzzy to remember....
"I know Julie, we're just going to see Dr Cullen, it won't take too long" I hummed, giggling, my head was fuzzy!! Fuzzy's a funny word...Hmm Funny and Fuzzy, giggle...
"Yeppers, Carlisle's really nice you know" I smiled sleepily, "so's Eddy, you should really give them some slack you know Bell-Bells, it's not their fault-" I gasped as Bella froze while fastening my seatbelt, my eyes started to water, "I'm a horrid person, absolutely horrid!! I almost gave it away!!!"

-----Bella's Point of View-----


Poor Juliet, I don't think I've ever seen her this sick before... I wonder what's wrong with her, she seems really out of it... She even forgot where we were going...
"Yeppers, Carlisle's really nice you know, so's Eddy, you should really give them some slack you know Bell-Bells, it's not their fault-" I froze, come on Ju, just tell me, what's not their fault!!, "I'm a horrid person, absolutely horrid!! I almost gave it away!!!" And she was crying, honestly, I don't think I've seen her acting this strange since she broke her arm last year while babysitting that god awful Yasmine and Josh, I swear, those twins were out to get her, succeeding by breaking her arm, resulting on the doctor giving her high dosage pain meds...
"Oh no you're not sweetie, now come on, I bet you'll feel a lot better if you just stop hiding other people's secrets..." I know it was a low hit, and I felt absolutely terrible about taking it, but I was getting desperate.
"A-alright.." she sniffled, and I tried desperately to hide a smile, praying that I had succeeded, "get in the car first though, this is really big," she sounded like a little kid, for once actually sounding like the younger sibling...
I raced around the car, speaking as I was doing up my seatbelt, cursing it for getting stuck multiple times, "so what's this big..." I sighed as I looked over to my sister, she was passed out, cheeks slightly moist from crying and red from the fever. She really needed to see the doctor.


By the time I got to the doctor's office, Dr Cullen was already waiting outside, "Dr Cullen what are you-?" he cut me off.
"I thought you might have a bit of trouble getting her out of the car," he had a slight frown on his face as he came over to the car, effortlessly picking up my sister who merely swung loosely in his arms, looking more and more childlike and fragile.
"What's wrong with her?" I blurted out worried, before mentally slapping myself, he hadn't even gotten into his office yet, I highly doubt that Dr Cullen would already know why she was sick...
Chuckling, he still replied, "why don't you go to school, I'll sign her in, I'll call Edward and tell them to tell you what's wrong, Alice will drop her off at your house after school."
After making sure that my sister was safely inside and in the capable hands of Dr Cullen, I reluctantly left for school.
For the rest of the day, all that was on my mind was my sister.
After awkwardly telling Mike that I wasn't going to be able to go with him to the dance, and making some lie about going to visit my mum, Mr Banner began talking.
The entire time he was teaching, I could feel Edwards eyes on me, staring, and even when the teacher asked him questions to see if he was paying attention, he answered flawlessly without even faltering from his stares.

Just as I finished packing after the bell went, however, it seems that the fates had a different card in store for me today.
"Bella?" His shockingly familiar voice startled me out of my concerned thoughts for my sister.
"Yes?" I replied.
"Carlisle called, Juliet just has a bad bug, she'll be able to come back to school in a day or two."
"Oh, ok, thank you." Presuming that was all, I began to walk away, pausing when he called my name again. "what, are you talking to me again?"
Trying to fight a smile, he replied, "no, not really."
Irritated, I tried to calm down, by breathing through my nose, all the while gritting my teeth. "Then what do you want?"
"I'm being very rude, I know, but it's better this way, really." What is that supposed to mean?
"I don't know what you mean."
"It's better if we're not friends, trust me, it's better this way."
"Too bad you didn't figure that out earlier" I hissed, "you could have saved yourself all this regret."
"Regret?" He asked, obviously caught off guard, "regret for what?"
"For not letting the stupid van squish me."
"You think I regret saving your life?" He almost growled.
"I KNOW you do."
"You don't know anything."
Being too angry to think properly, all I wanted to do was leave, however, I was unlucky enough to not have gained my sister's grace, and as such, before I could leave, I tripped.
Only for this pompous ass to catch me. "Thank you," I growled out.
"You're welcome." He returned with just as much, if not more, animosity.


The rest of the day, was absolutely brutal.



-----Juliet's Point of View-----



Even though Carlisle said that it was a bug, it wasn't, it was due to utter exhaustion, but we couldn't tell Bells that. She'd go into full-on overprotective sister mode, and monitor everything I did, so we told her it was a bug. I was sick as a result of overusing my powers as a human, the Cullen's/Hales could use their abilities as much as they wanted because they didn't tire, they were already dead, so to speak, so it didn't affect them as much as it did a human, and having so much power, only enhanced the effect.
I was only out of school for a day, but when I came back I was bombarded by the same requests that my sister told me she was asked the day before, but I didn't want to lie, or miss out on the dance, so I just told them that I was planning on going by myself.

Anyways, when we got to school, we were greeted by Edward, and to be honest, I'm still pretty tired and I spent most of the conversation yawning... but I still got the jut.
Bells is pissed at Eddy. Eddy finds her anger amusing, and he told her that while he said it would be better if they weren't friends, he never said he didn't want to be, at which point I was kinda like, where was I when this happened. And oh yeah, Eddy's going to be giving us a ride to Seattle next week to help Jess and Angela find dresses for the dance, not me though. I've already got mine, haven't seen it, but thanks to Alice, I do have one.