Hi Everybody, I updated this first chapter because I wasn't satisfied with the way it was. I hope I changed it for the best :) (1-9-2011)

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Edward's POV - Setting things right

I felt utterly confused as I left the hospital. I had saved this new girl without any reasoning. My actions and my reactions were suddenly unpredictable. This wasn't me. This girl, this fragile human girl with the sweetest blood, was changing me. First, she called on my most malevolent craving. And now, she called on something unknown. It wasn't the vampire in me that was touched, it was a part of me that I didn't even know. I felt this aching obsession to protect her.

I wanted to know her. And that was not possible. She was the girl with the most alluring blood, the girl that brought in me the worst monster possible. She could not be close to me without dying.

I felt bewildered by what was happening to me. I felt confused by the contradictory feelings twirling inside of me.

I met my siblings in the parking lot. I heard all their questions, worries and blames in their head. But nobody spoke.

I wished I could disappear and not have to cope with any of this. Consequences were certain to ensue.

I drove home in utter silence. The images in Alice's head brought forth my new desire to keep the girl safe. The need to protect the girl was growing inside of me with every image Alice showed me. In these images, Jasper was planning on killing the girl. Something in me other than my brain reacted strongly. I couldn't bear seeing the girl hurt. I witnessed the new visions that Alice was foreseeing and was speechless: I was literally fighting against my own brother to save the girl.

I was scared of the changes in me. They were irrational.

We arrived home and all congregated at the kitchen table to discuss the incident. The conversation was unpleasant. We were all confused and worried. Rosalie and Jasper were outraged.

It was my doing and I would take responsibility for my actions. I admitted it to the family without proud. But it wasn't enough. Jasper and Rosalie wanted to hurt the girl. My body once again took over.

"Nobody will hurt the girl!" I groaned fiercely.

My decisions were made and I actually expressed out loud my feelings of wanting this girl unhurt. I would protect this girl from all danger. I had to.

New images popped into Alice's head: images of bliss and images of torment. Alice spoke about love to me and I denied her facts.

This had nothing to do with love. It had to do with justice. She was an innocent, pure, human, who didn't deserve of being mixed in with mythical monsters. She should not suffer because of our evilness.

I saw the results of my doings clearly in Alice's head. If I stayed I understood that my selfish yearning to know her would bring chaos. I saw joy and bliss. I saw the girl and I share tender moments of happiness. But I also saw the blood dripping out of the girl's shaking body. I saw my own lifeless shell aching with grief and self-hatred. I saw Esme cry tearless tears. I saw Alice's eyes somber with pain and sorrow.

I have to leave.

None of the future that were revealing in Alice's head would come true. None of it. I would make sure of it.

I would leave and never see her again.

I glanced once more at my future self in the bright visions that Alice provided. I saw myself smiling effortlessly at this delicate girl, bright stars dancing in her caring eyes.

I have to leave, I repeated to myself.

I tore my eyes away from Alice and her visions. I focused on the rest of my family. They were all sitting at the dining table, strategizing about how to best handle the problem I created.

An atrocious mistake according to Jasper.

A selfish stupid act according to Rosalie.

I felt guilty for the suffering my family endured because of my actions.

I saved a girl. It didn't sound like an atrocity, but I endangered myself and my family for a nobody, a mere human that I didn't even know. I used my inhuman speed and strength to stop a speeding car from crashing into-

My whole body tensed at the thought of the girl smashed under the car.

I inhaled deeply to relax my muscles. She's alive, I reminded myself.

I had to save her. It didn't make sense why. I just had to. It was as if she were a part of me now, as if I wouldn't be able to continue existing without her in this world. And so I had to save her in order to save myself from dying.

Nothing made sense about that new urge to have this girl safe and sound. I needed, needed, to know that she was breathing so I could exist.

I sensed the eyes of my family on me. I had shut all their thoughts out to detangle my own thoughts. But now, I looked at my family and heard all their questions, worries, and blames.

My poor Edward, he seems so worried.

Edward, how do you want to handle this?

You are dead, Edward! I hate you for doing this to me! I don't want to move again!

I sighed loudly. This was too much. I'd acted without thinking this afternoon. I felt trapped by this magnetic girl who seemed to hold my life in hers. And now my life was completely and utterly changed.

I had to set things right.

Jasper's similar train of thought caught my attention. We have to set things right. The only way is to kill this human so she won't tell anybody of what she saw today. She was meant to die today in the school parking lot. Edward had no right to interfere with her destiny.

My jaw clenched and my fists balled up.

"Nobody will kill the girl." I repeated severely.

The family froze and followed my glare toward Jasper. He held my stare with determination.

"It's the only way to make sure we won't be exposed, Edward. If the Volturi hears about this, we will be ended."

"She won't talk. Alice, tell him." I urged, turning to my sister.

"We can trust Bella one hundred percent. She will become very close to this family without endangering us," Alice informed the family.

I didn't like the way she said her name, Bella, as if she already knew her.

"This human girl will become a family friend, sharing our secret?" Esme asked in wonder.

Alice smiled widely and nodded excitingly.

"That's not feasible. It would never be safe, for none of us. We can't trust outsiders, weak humans included," Jasper protested.

"Jasper's right," I said. " She can't be close to us. We will just let her be, alive, and forget about her."

" As if nothing ever happened?" Emmett asked.

"As if nothing ever happened." I repeated.

It doesn't work that way, Edward. Changes have already been put into motion. She is a part of your life now. She is a part of our lives now.

I ignored Alice. I needed to set things right. I needed things to be back to normal.

But not for my sake, nor for my family's sake, but for this girl that I barely knew.

" I'm leaving." I stated.

All eyes came back to me.

" You will come back soon," Alice informed.

At these words, my family knew my mind was made. I was really leaving. They couldn't say, or think, anything to change my plan.

I smiled tenderly at my mother who tried to hide her pain. I didn't want to hurt her but it was the only way to set things right.

I glared once more at Jasper to make sure he wouldn't try to kill the girl.

If Alice says there are no risks in keeping her alive, I won't kill her. I promise.

I nodded and turned to face Carlisle.

"Carlisle,"

He shook his head.

"Son, you don't have to explain yourself. I trust your decisions."

I shook my head in return. I had no right of receiving such trust after what I've done. I didn't trust myself anymore. My brain didn't control my decisions. These unfamiliar needs were eating me from the inside.

All I wanted was escape, as if nothing ever happened.

I felt a tear inside at the thought of leaving. Leaving the family was always difficult, but I did it before. Not long ago, I ran away from this same girl because of her sweet blood. But this time, it seemed utterly impossible to leave. And yet, I had to leave. I had to run away from her once more because of her unnatural power over me. I couldn't bring her into my life but it seemed like I couldn't get away from her.

My undead heart cried at the thought of being separated from this girl. My selfish mind found excuses to stay in Forks. How would I know she were safe if I couldn't check on her? Who would protect her if another car tried to kill her? I tried to convince myself that I would protect her better if I stayed.

I fought against this deep desire to be near her with all my strength. I reminded myself of the gruesome images that Alice predicted.

But my mind begged louder. What about the visions of bliss? What about the shared laughter between her and I?

But I knew I would never allow Bella to be at risk of any kind of danger, including me, because nobody would survive it. And so I left the kitchen and walked heavily up to my room to pack.

I would leave my life behind and disappear.