Room 205

[Brenden Jerger]

Brendon oozed in the hospital room. Any minute now, a patient was going to be brought in here. She was a blonde chick, he remembered. She didn't look too perky when he saw her in the waiting area. He wrote something down on the clip-board. Now to wait for the patient and Dr. Winthrop.

[Nate Brightmore]

Nate watched as Belle was wheeled into the hospital room and moved to a hospital bed. He stayed with in touching distance so that he would be there if she opened her eyes. He didn't even notice the guy in the room. His whole focus was on his beloved that was laying still unconcious.

He sat down in a vacant chair beside the bed and put his elbow on the bed rail, resting his head in his hand. He was cursing himself for not getting to her sooner. He was sure that some how this whole thing was his fault, even though deep down he knew that it wasn't.

He reached out and traced her cheek with his index finger, "It'll be okay Belle," he whispered.

[Tony Winthrop]

Tony walked into the room, looking at his clipboard. Boy oh boy, was this case a doozy. Not the worse he's seen though. He was a lycan, after all...

"Brendon, I thought I told you to stay in the office until I called for you," he told the male nurse impatiently. That dumb sorcerer never listened when he thought he'd be able to hit on a girl. Well, from the looks of this girl's boyfriend, Brendon was going to regret any plans he had on this one.

"Hello, I'm Dr. Tony Winthrop," he looked at his clipboard, "So what exactly happened to her?"

[Nate Brightmore]

Nate stiffened when the doctor came in. He knew right away that the doctor was a Lycan, but this wasn't why he stiffened. The question was the cause of that. He stood up and ran his fingers through his hair.

"She had an altercation, it appears that it was mostly a beating, but I'm not really sure exactly what else happened. I..." Nate began, then shifted his eyes back to Belle, "I didn't get there in time." He finished and then looked back at the doctor.

"I'm afraid that I can't really tell you much more." He added.

[Tony Winthrop]

Tony studied the hunter. He knew that he was a hunter by his scent, "I see," he said, writing something down on his clipboard, "It seems that she was beaten pretty badly. I'm thinking that she may have several broken rips. Maybe some internal bleeding, among other things."

"I'll be back in a few moments. I'm going to go check on her x-rays."

And then he left the room, leaving only Nate, Belle and Brenden.

[Brenden Jerger]

As soon as Tony left the room, Brenden decided to make his move. He had to figure out how to get past the boyfriend though. He looked pretty scary. Plus he was forbidden to use any spells in the hospital.

He finally decided to pretend to be doing nurse things...like...like...checking her temperature! Yeah! he'd do that!

He once again oozed over to the hospital bed, "Just going to make sure she's not having a fever, "he smiled to look innocent, "okay then," he brushed her bangs away from her forehead in a way that would suggest that they were lovers before he put his full palm on her forehead, "Hmm...nope, she's alright." He didn't move his hand.

[Nate Brightmore]

"Okay Doctor, thanks." Nate said as the doctor left the room. Doctors made him nervous, as did hospitals. Most hunters didn't use hospitals, usually doing their own healing. He was already on edge, and perhaps thats why something didn't set right with him regarding the nurse guy.

He nodded when Brenden said that he needed to check her temperature, however his eyes never once left Brenden when he was close to Annabelle, and so he did see the way that Brenden moved her hair out of the way. His eyes stayed on Brenden's hand as it lingered on Belle's forehead.

Nate wanted to break the guy's hand for touching Belle, some of it because he had been so close to loosing Belle due to one man, and another reason was because well.. he didn't like anyother guy touching her. Not more than required. However, he squeezed his fists tight because he didn't want to do anything that would get him thrown out of the hospital. Not when he needed to be with Belle.

Instead of hitting the guy, or causing a scene, he thought of what his sister would do in the situation. He tightened his hands into fists and walked over to the other side of Belle's bed. He moved his eyes from Brenden's hand to Brenden's face. Nate's feelings were very evident on his face as he very gently put his hand on her cheek and carressed her cheek up until his fingers were also grazing her forehead in a very loving manner.

"That's good, since you know that she's not running a fever, could you remove your hand now? I'm sure other patients are needing your care." He said, fighting to keep his voice even.

[Alavda Noir]

Alavda had lagged behind. She let Nate Get ahead of her to get Belle to the hospital so she could make sure that they wouldn't be followed. Now that she was sure that no one was following, she found her way to the hospital room.

She entered just in time to witness the temperature check maneuver. A corner of her mouth lifted when she saw Nate's response. And judging by how fast the nurse's heartbeat was going, Nate pretty much intimidated him.

"Yes, of course, naturally," the nurse said before moving to exit the room. He took the chance to give Alavda a once over. She simply smiled at him, giving him a flash of her fangs. This made him retreat faster.

"So how's she doing?" she took a step toward Nate and Belle.

[Nate Brightmore]

Nate looked up from Belle's face to look at Ala, but then he moved his eyes back to Belle. He continued to carress her forehead softly with his thumb.

"The doctor thinks that she has some broken ribs and internal bleeding. He's doing some more tests to see if that's all and how severe everything is I think." He said. When he looked up at Ala again, his eyes were tormented.

"What am I going to do if she is hurt bad Alavda? I should have gotten there sooner. I should have protected her." He said. Though when he realized that he was revealing too much of his pain and worry, he cleared his throat and looked back down at Belle.

He let a few seconds pass before talking again, and when he did he didn't look up at Ala. "Would you mind giving a call to Neah and Dakota so that they don't continue to worry? I.. I would go make the call, but I want to be here when she wakes up." He said.

[Alavda Noir]

He was trying to hold it in. She could tell.

"I'm sure she'll be alright, Nate," she would have put her hand on his shoulder as a way of comfort, but decided against it. She didn't think he'd appreciate it, "Belle's a tough girl. Don't be so hard on yourself," Alavda also felt guilt for what happened to Belle. If only she believe that story she fed her this morning...

When he requested that she go and call Neah and Dakota, she nodded her head, "Yeah, I'll do that," she gave him what she hoped would be a reassuring smile before leaving the room.

[Annabelle Ventus]

The whole time she was out, she heard voices. Yes, they were light, but she could hear them. It sounded like they were all worried. She had heard what Tony had said and wanted to protest. She had no internal bleeding, or were her ribs broken, they were bruised and if worse came to worse, they were cracked slightly.

She then noticed someone had touched her forehead. At first, she thought it was Nate..no..no..this wasn't Nate, she could feel Nate's emotions..he was angry...well..that was a understatement. Though it wasn't long before she had felt Nate touch her head and also noticed the other guy left.

She then heard Ala and Nate have a conversation of sorts and had finally found the energy to wake up. She did this very slowly though as she only slightly opened her eyes at first and let out a soft grunt of displeasure since the light was so bright. She looked over as she opened her eyes more and smiled ever so slightly. "It's...it's good to see you are ok.." She said softly to Nate.

[Nate Brightmore]

Nate had been resting his head on his arm on the side of the bed with his eyes closed. Praying to whatever God there was for Annabelle to be okay. When he heard Belle stirring, his eyes flew open and he looked at her. Tears were in his eyes, but not shedding, a worried smile touched his lips as he carressed her cheek.

"It's good to see you awake. I.. I was worried. How are you feeling? Is there anything I can get for you?" he asked her. He very gently touched her forehead with his lips, "I'm so glad that you're awake. I.. I don't know what I would do if I had lost you." He whispered.

[Annabelle Ventus]

Annabelle was still having a problem with the light but she could clearly see the tears forming in Nate's eyes and her heart sunk. She felt him caress her cheek and looked down as he said he was worried and he was afraid he would lose her.

"I'm sorry...I'm so sorry...I, I made you worry, but Nate I..." She said as her own eyes watered slightly. "Just..Please...don't hate me...please.." She said even more softly if that were humanly possible and attempted to sit up slightly, but a sharp and precise pain from her ribs had kept her from leaning up completely. She laid back down, trying to hold a groan in from the pain and then looked at Nate, know he would worry.

"Don't worry, now that I'm awake and have some of my energy back...my body will start healing itself soon..ok? Just...just don't worry anymore.." She said, but knew that wasn't going to fly with him.

[Nate Brightmore]

Nate closed his eyes and pushed away the tears so that they wouldn't show in his eyes. He then leaned down and kissed Belle's lips softly, "Shh, mio amore. Don't worry. I could never hate you. Now relax.." he whispered. He took her hand and kissed each of her fingers.

"We have plenty of time to talk about what happened, and I'm not going anywhere. Not until you're demanding my leave.. and even then I'll be outside the door." He continued and grinned at her.

He was worried when she groaned in pain, but he didn't want to show it because he knew that if he did, she'd only worry more. Instead, he pressed it down and smiled at her.

[Annabelle Ventus]

Annabelle smiled when she saw that Nate didn't over react like she thought he would. Yes, she knew he wanted to..but it was great that he wasn't. When she heard that he was going to stay until she told him to leave, her smile grew.

"Well...I'm just happy you are still here..that's all...you...you are ok right? I saw you-..." She started but noticed how much she really didn't want to talk about that stuff at the moment. She then lifted her arm up to grab Nate's hand and kiss the top of it with a smile.

"Since I won't be able to lean up for abit...this is the best I can do..." She said then looked at him again...happy to see the tears had gone away. She then wondered something.

"Um..where is Dakota...or Neah for that matter...I kinda expected her to be here with you...yes, I know you guys don't have to be around eachother, but I know she brings you comfort...more then me I believe.." She said in a slightly confused yet convening tone.