This begins right after the battle with victoria in eclipse. What if Bella reacted differently to this battle? What if was a little traumatized? There will be a Part 2 for this.
Part One
…Then Edward took a deep breath and turned his face to me.
"Bella love," he whispered. His body became rigid. As if he were approaching a wild animal.
But at the time, I did not notice anything besides my own shaking. I heard these strange sobs coming from my chest. I felt as if I were about to explode. I was absolutely, and completely terrified.
"Bella please," Although I could hear his voice, I couldn't look at him. I leaned back further into the tree."
"Sweet heart, drop the rock. I promise I won't come any closer. Just, please…" He was pleading with me now. I hadn't realized that I was still holding the crude weapon. Slowly, I lifted finger by finger from the rock. The sound of it hitting the ground startled me.
I heard him let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you," He said.
Then, I heard him step a few feet closer to me. I let out a low and rough scream then pushed myself impossibly closer into the huge tree.
"S-stay away from m-me! Please, don't come any c-closer-r!" I yelled.
He swiftly moved back a few steps. I barely noticed his hurt expression.
"Bella," he said in his comforting voice, "I know that you are frightened. I swear I won't hurt you. I won't even touch you if you don't want me to." When I finally looked up at him, I saw that he had lifted his hands up in the air as if he were showing that he was unarmed. But, I could not find comfort in his stance. His body no longer looked comforting, but I saw it as a weapon- a very dangerous weapon.
My head was shaking back and forth and tears were running down my face. I could barely see through the fog of tears. I also had a huge lump in my throat. I was having a break down.
A sob came out of my mouth and my knees gave out. My back slid down against the tree and I wrapped my arms around my legs, attempting to hold myself together while I cried.
To see that battle, to witness the rage in Edward's eyes, was absolutely horrifying. Riley, Victoria, their limbs flying everywhere. Before, I had never understood why Edward didn't want me to see his animalistic side. It was because he did not want to scare me. He was right all along: monsters are no joke.
Remembering that he was still there, I swiftly looked up to see his hurt expression. He was in as much pain as I was. This was what he was afraid of all along, that I would get too scared of him.
It took a moment, but I lifted myself up from the ground and ran over to him. Along the way, I tripped over something but he caught me in his arms. I wrapped my self around his torso as tightly as I could. He held me against his cold, hard chest while I cried. My love for him overcame the fear I had. Although I was scared, he was the only thing that could make me feel better.
"Shh, you are safe now. " He began to rub my back soothingly, repeating that sentence over and over in a soft voce. .
"It was so scary!" I cried. He just held me for the next few minutes and let me ruin his shirt with my salty tears.