Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Faith, Hope, And Love

By Momma2Fan

Chapter 07:

Time rolls on…

Bella did indeed transfer to U-Dub the following year, and ended up graduating three years later with her BA of Science in Nursing. She was among the top in her class. Edward continued at Columbia and was accepted into the medical program there. He had skipped a year of classes by taking extra courses and skipping his summer vacations. He hadn’t been back home since that fateful Thanksgiving holiday, much to his mother’s disappointment, but she and Carlisle had flown out to see him several times. 

Edward and Bella still emailed daily, just to say hi. He missed them all more than he could say. A year into his residency, the homesickness became too much and he applied for a transfer to another hospital halfway through the term. His parents had been thrilled when he told them he had been accepted into the residency program at Seattle Children’s hospital, since his focus was going to be in pediatrics. Bella was just happy they were all back in the same state and not so far apart.

After passing her boards, Bella accepted a job at Forks Hospital. Almost two years later, she still loved it. Alice had graduated with her degree in business and had opened a boutique in PA. Jasper was almost done with his masters in history. He was hoping to get a teaching position somewhere. Rosalie got her degree in mechanics and opened up an auto-body shop in Forks, while Emmett took over for Coach Clapp when he retired.

Bella had stayed with Charlie while she looked for a place of her own, but when he began dating Sue Clearwater, she started to feel like a third wheel. She was thrilled the day that she loaded up her last box and moved into her first place by herself.

She had moved in six months ago and was finally finished unpacking. She has just broken down the last piece of cardboard and placed it by the door when her phone rang.

“Hello?”

“Hey.” Edward’s smooth voice greeted her.

“Hi. How are you?”

“I am so tired, Bella. I knew what I was signing up for when I chose medicine, but I feel like I am never gonna be a doctor.”

Bella sank down on her couch. “You will. Maybe you just need a break. When’s your next day off?”

Edward sighed. “I just came off of a thirty-six hour rotation. I don’t go back until Monday.”

She looked at the clock, it was only six. “Edward, why don’t you drive down here? You can stay here—no one will bother you. I’m off all weekend. We can just vedge. I’ll even cook for you.”

Edward was so tempted, but he didn’t know if he would make it there without getting into an accident and he told Bella as much.

“Okay, so I’ll come there,” she offered.

“I can’t ask you to do that. You just moved into your house.”

“You aren’t asking me, Edward. I offered. I’m worried about you.”

“Don’t be. I’ll be okay. I’m just gonna sack out for a while. I’ll call you tomorrow, okay?” Edward knew if he went to her now, he would tell her how he felt. He had no filter when he was tired.

“Okay. I’ll talk to you tomorrow. Night, Edward.”

“Night, Bella.”

Bella hung up with a sigh. He needed her and wouldn’t admit it. She thought about just driving up there and surprising him, but didn’t want to piss him off. The more she thought about it, the more she didn’t care. She finally decided to go anyway and got up to pack a bag. When she was done, she called Rose to let her know where she was going to be.

“Hey,” she said once Rose answered the phone.

“What’s up, Bells?”

“Listen, I’m driving up to Seattle. Edward called and sounds exhausted. I’m gonna go make sure he gets some rest and decent food, okay?”

“Sure. Just be careful.”

“I will.”

She hung up and ran out to her jeep. It had started raining, and she knew that could make for treacherous roads. She had been on the road for about an hour when it happened. A truck crossed over into her lane, causing Bella to jerk the steering wheel, turning her car to miss him. Her tires tried to gain traction on the slick pavement, but she hydroplaned out of control and went over the embankment. When the car came to a stop, it was on its top and Bella was unconscious.