A Vampire's Love - Edward Cullen (Twilight saga)

Chapter 5 - Hot & Cold

I let the water run on my hand again, when I felt the burning sensation come back. "I think if we make it quickly to the infirmary, I'll be okay." I answered.

"Wouldn't it be best if Edward calls the nurse to come here, instead of you going anywhere ?" He suggested.

The last thing I wanted was to be circled by worried students, watching me being taken care of for the rest of the class. It was already embarassing to be in this situation.

"No, it's okay. I'll go there." I reassured the teacher as I turned the water off and looked at Edward. "Let's go." I told him, as I walked out quickly.

As we walked out of the building, I let Edward guide me to the nurse office since I didn't remember where it was.

"Are you okay ?" He asked me as we pratically jogged on our way there.

"It hurts so bad." I allowed myself to vocalise my pain, once I was away from Mike's guilty expressions.

If it hurt that bad, I wondered how people who had to go through worse cases, handled the pain. It made me shiver, just by thinking about how painful it must be.

We made it to the nurse's office and Edward told the nurse everything, almost as if he had been standing beside Mike and I and watched the scene happen in front of his eyes.

She took a look at my hand, and let me put it in a bucket of cold water, after I begged her to let me cool the burning sensation with it. She also gave me a painkiller that I was more than happy to take.

More than the back of my hand, my wrist hurt the most. I guessed the skin was thinner in this part. I threw a glance at Edward who stood near the door, as rigid as a statue. His face looked composed while he stared at the bucket that hid my hand. My attention was quickly brought on the nurse when she walked towards me with an ointment.

"I'm going to apply this on you. It's probably going to hurt like hell, but it's normal. It'll ease the pain in a few hours." She told me before she looked at Edward who still hadn't moved. "You can return to class, Edward."

"I was told to stay by her side until she's able to go back to class." He lied.

I didn't take it personally. I guessed it was an escape for him. Rather be here than in class.

The nurse nodded as she patted my wet hand with a clean towel, before she applied the ointment where I got burned. It was cooling at first, but then, I felt like wanting to put my hand in a bucket full of iced water.

"Oh !" I exclaimed as I tried to take my hand back, but she didn't let me.

"I know. It'll cool down. Just hold it in." She told me.

I was breathing quickly, while having the urgent need to blow on my hand to make it cool faster. She applied it generously on my wrist and my entire hand just in case other parts had been in contact with the boiling water.

"The painkiller you took doesn't take long to be effective. The pain will be gone soon, don't worry. It's only a first degree burn. Your skin is probably going to be red tomorrow, and the burnt parts will peel off with time. It'll go back to normal in a week or so. You can find this ointment in any drug store. Apply it every six hours for a week, and don't hesitate to take painkillers if it still hurts, okay sweetie ?" She explained to me.

"Yes. Thank you." I nodded while wincing in pain.

"I will write you guys a note to attest that you stayed here for the rest of the hour."