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"Help somebody help me!"

I couldn't tell if the scream was out loud or just in my head but either way whoever had my attention. Pausing from the hunt I waited to see and seconds later another anguished scream ripped the air and abruptly cut off.

"Edward?" my father's voice called. Even though he was a few miles away, he'd heard it to and it had his full attention, his thoughts were worried. "Edward, is someone lost?" my father asked now beside me. Concentrating my gift toward the direction the screams issued, I could clearly hear the two mental voices one of a man, the other of the woman on the ground a few feet away. I scowled and took off in the direction of the voices. It was the mental voice of the woman that I focused on, she was begging to not be hit again. So lost in listening to the woman cry silently for help that I almost missed Carlisle's whispered

"What's going on Edward, what's wrong?"

"We have a rogue to deal with before he gets us into trouble." Simple and true our house was about 5 miles south of the small clearing we were about to enter. The nearest hiking trail was 20 miles away and hiking season was long over. The woman was screaming again, stopping to focus I saw the clearing in her mind and knew that they were on the far north side. The vampire was a newborn and so occupied that he'd never hear us coming. I found the woman's mental voice again to keep tabs on the newborn and what I saw made my pace quicken. She was trying vainly to crawl away but her broken arm impeded her movements. Suddenly the vampire pounced and in a second was on top of her, pushing her back to the ground face first and forcing himself inside her as she went down. I growled before I could stop myself and pulled back from her mind just a bit, I didn't want to see that.

"What's wrong now, Edward?" asked Carlisle worry turning to fear. This was not something I wanted to share but he'd find out anyway.

"He's raping her." I replied through gritted teeth.

"He'll kill her, her body is far to fragile for that." The fear and worry in his tone were turning to anger. Even though we are vampires too, we don't feed on humans. It's a lifestyle choice that we made so that we could live with humans more easily. It also allowed us the freedom to enjoy more out of our immortality then just sating our thirst. The rest of my family includes my mother, Esme, sisters Rosalie and Alice and their mates, my brothers, Jasper and Emmett. We were a rare bunch among our kind. Normally so many wont live together for as long as we have. It's a common rule that we don't take human lovers because they cannot handle our strength and one mistake could cause us to unintentionally kill them. Bringing my focus back to the present as we reached the edge of the clearing, still about a mile away from the newborn and his victim. She was on the ground again but he was no longer on top of her. Her mental voice was weak but she was still pleading for her life, her eyes were black and her nose was bloody. He must have slammed her face to the ground while I was tuned out. Crossing the clearing quickly I hissed to get the newborn's attention, he took one look at me then at Carlisle and split. I only half listened as my father chased him away. The woman was on her back spread eagled and covered in blood. Many bruises decorated her cream toned skin. Years of medical training kicked in as I knelt by her head. Pushing aside her blood soaked hair I put my fingers lightly on her throat. Her pulse was weak but steady. Her clammy skin a clear sign of severe blood loss. Her left arm was broken in two places and she had four broken ribs. A broken nose and twisted ankle were the extent of her external injuries. I could tell from the multitude of bruises that she had organ damage as well. No signs of a neck or spine injury and it didn't look like he'd bitten her either. It was when I moved her legs to try to restore some decency that I noticed her femoral artery had been punctured.

"Carlisle!" I yelled as I yanked off my shirt to secure a makeshift tourniquet to her thigh. He was at my side a second later.

"Her femoral artery's been punctured we need to get her to the house and get some blood in her quick or else she'll die, she's already lost a lot of blood." I explained as I pulled out my phone and dialed Emse, my mother answered on the first ring and I told her everything that had happened and what she would need to have ready.

"It'll be done Edward." was all she said. Putting the phone away I answered Carlisle's mental questions about her injuries.

"And I will leave her pelvic exam to you cause you're the doctor after all and after what she's been through she might not be able to have sex again let alone ever having kids." I added before he could think to ask. He just nodded from his kneeling position by her head. Reaching down to check her vitals before we moved her, she chose that moment to regain consciousness. Screaming weakly she tried to crawl away but her arm impeded her so she kind of scooted but it hurt to much so she resumed begging.

"No no please don't touch me, stay away." Her blue eyes were pain filled as she looked first at me then at my father and I could hear her trying to work out which one of us was the leader so to speak and therefore going to be the first to use her as the other had. Carlisle's hand was still out stretched toward her, he quickly let it drop. I smelled fresh blood, looking down at her as she resumed her efforts to crawl away, I realized her movements had loosened the tourniquet. "Carlisle, the tourniquet." I hissed. Then regretted it when the sound made her flinch as if expecting to be hit. When the expected blow never came she looked up, hesitantly meeting my eyes. Schooling my features into a gentle expression I knelt down beside her though I made no move to touch her.

"I'm Edward and this is my father Carlisle, your very hurt and lost a lot of blood please let us help you." I put a pleading look on my face. Her eyes darted to Carlisle then back to me.

"I guess so." was her whispered reply.

"May I look over your injuries to see how bad they are before we move you?" Silence greeted the question.

"I'm a doctor, please." She looked at me, whatever she saw must have reassured her because she whispered an ok. Quickly with years of practice and gentle hands Carlisle examined her frail body determining her arm and ribs to be the most attention needing of her injuries. 'I won't tell her yet that I need to do a pelvic exam cause though there is no permanent damage done there is some that will require treatment but she was just brutally raped so I can guarantee that that's one thing she may not let me do.'

"You or any other man" I said aloud to his thoughts. 'She's going have a hard enough time just letting you' the thought trailed off.

"Letting me what?" I asked to prompt him to finish the thought.

"Touch her, you're the fastest runner, and she seems to trust you.." again he trailed off while his fingers rested on her throat checking her pulse which was a little stronger. I knew that he was referring to the fact that I would have to carry her. She couldn't be allowed to try to walk because not only would it take too long but it could cause her to bleed out from her leg wound or puncture a lung with one of the broken ribs. I nodded as I moved closer to her.

"Ok we are going to move you now but to do that I have to touch you." I waited till she met my gaze before continuing,

"Put your arm like this." I said as I gently laid it across her chest. She winced in pain and I saw the scared look in her eyes as I leaned forward over her so I could put her good arm around my neck. My other arm was halfway under her knees when an idea hit me. Lowering her back to the ground I released her.

"Carlisle, give me your shirt." He looked at me for a second till it dawned on him what I meant to do. Unbuttoning it quickly he gave it to me.

"Can I help you out this on? I promise I wont touch you any more then necessary." I added to ease the anxious look on her face. She nodded slowly though she was still wary. 'Probably cause though you mean her no harm your still a man. And after what she's been though it's a normal reaction.' Carlisle told me silently as I helped her put her good arm through the sleeve then buttoned it up over the broken one. She allowed me to then place her good arm back around my neck. One arm behind her back the other under her knees. I was on my feet in an instant. Carlisle adjusted the tourniquet to make sure it would hold. 'the wound will need stitches' he thought.

"You okay?" I asked quietly as he finished with the tourniquet.

"I'm a little dizzy." she admitted slowly.

"Just hang on, close your eyes and we'll be home in a minute." I told her and was surprised when she buried her face in my shoulder. Fear quickening her heartbeat. The shirt was huge on her tiny form I noted as we ran through the forest toward home.

Esme was waiting at the door, holding it open as we came up the porch and into the house. I took her straight up to the makeshift hospital room. This was where Carlisle kept all his medical supplies. An operating table stood in the middle. Gently laying her on the table I raced about to gather the needed supplies. Two hours later and almost all her injuries had been treated and a blood transfusion given. At first we'd thought about taking her to the hospital but she vetoed the idea before my father even finished the question. I couldn't fault her logic when she'd answered that they would ask questions and that she would be unable to tell them that a vampire was her rapist. So Carlisle called the hospital and made arrangements to have what we needed delivered. Now however she was refusing the morphine we were offering for the pain. Of course we could have gotten away with giving her something milder but morphine would knock her out and we still needed to do her pelvic exam. So Esme was trying to reason with her but her mind was set and none of us were going change it. Sighing I walked back into the room. She glared at me.

"No morphine. I'm not stupid I know why your insisting on it. I'll let you do the pelvic exam now but I want to stay awake." her tone was calm but she was angry. Now I was surprised, how did she know that's what we still needed to do. And what had happened to the timid girl she'd been just hours ago. As if she'd heard my thoughts she snorted.

"That's not the first time I've been raped. Or beaten. I honestly couldn't tell you how many times I've been raped in my life." she put her face in her hands then. I decided not to press her for more information right this second. Instead I asked,

"So we can do the rape kit now?" Raising her head she scowled before nodding.

"Carlisle." I said knowing he was standing right outside and had heard her every word. He came back in followed closely by my mother and to my shock Alice.

"I had a vision." was all she said. 'I saw the whole thing happen. I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help.' she added silently to me. 'It's okay Alice we managed just fine.' I told her giving her a quick hug before turning my attention back to Jasmine. She was arguing with Carlisle. She wanted me to do the rape kit. She wasn't going let him touch her and he was trying to reason with her.

"You can watch him but if he's been through medical school then there is no reason he cant do it himself." she had him on that one and he knew it. Turning to look at me, 'your up on this one she wont let me.' was all he said. "Would you people stop talking in your heads like I cant hear you." Anger laced her words.

"Wait you can hear it when we do that?" I was puzzled. She nodded.

"How long have been able to read thoughts?"

"Since I was a kid, and I can talk directly to any one person's mind once I have had a physical conversation with them." So you heard Carlisle say we would need to do a rape kit?" She nodded.

"I also heard it when he told you that my reaction to you was based solely on the fact that you're a man and it's normal." then something occurred to me something I had thought nothing of till now because at the time I was more concerned with her injuries.

"Can you shield your mind so that others would be unable to read it?" she looked at me funny for a second before answering,

"Yes I can."

"Ok we can continue this chat later right now we need to finish up and get you cleaned up." Carlisle cut in smoothly, she glared at him.

"I'm still going to insist Edward do the kit." she said crossing her good arm. I sighed I really didn't want to but I could see she wasn't going to budge on the issue. 'damn right I'm not' she said silently. Forty-five minutes later I finished the rape kit and it was on it's way to the hospital along with some blood for lab work and the supplies we'd borrowed. The kit had turned up traces of semen so Carlisle had wanted to see if it matched any others in the hospitals records of unknown samples. Jasmine at the moment was asleep after having eaten some and gotten a shower plus some clean clothes from Alice. She continued to sleep most of the time waking to eat and shower. I would check her everyday to make sure she was recovering as expected. She refused to be anywhere near Carlisle, unless I were to be there also. After 2 weeks her arm had healed enough for the cast to be replaced by a brace. By the time she'd been here 3 weeks she didn't even need the brace anymore. Her bruises had faded. The last exam she'd had revealed a nickel sized scar on her thigh from where her artery had been punctured. She still kept contact with Carlisle to a minimum preferring that her interaction with men be limited to just me. I had coaxed out of her some details regarding the abuse she'd suffered for the last few years with her most recent foster family. Beatings where an everyday occurrence. It had been her foster brother that had initially raped her, the father had started after the boy told him how much fun it was. That had just royally pissed me off. Jasmine had not yet met either of my brothers and I could tell it seemed to take her a great deal of courage just to be in the same room with Carlisle. That pained me because I knew my father would die before hurting so much as a hair on her head. But still her anxiety would spike and her heart race any time he would so much as glance in her direction. Her scent was very hard on me and I had to hunt every night in order to be able to stay around her. With no room yet made for her, she continued to room with me. Part of me was okay with that but the darker part had a different idea on how to handle her, but I made sure to keep it in check she was too important to me now. I wondered how it had happened so fast and I was beginning to notice a charged feeling in the air whenever I was near her. Esme and Alice spent a good deal of time with her but she preferred me. I noticed yesterday that when I returned from my hunt as I walked into my bedroom her whole face lit up, as if she thought I wouldn't come back. She'd been sitting on my bed with Esme and to my surprise Carlisle though he was on the couch still he was in the room. She beamed at me her mind still closed but I could see it on her face that she felt something for me too. I just had to wonder now if there was a chance like Alice had seen. That night we talked most of the time, Alice joined us for a while eager to get to know her new sister. Carlisle had told me during our hunt that he and Esme were having the adoption papers drawn up. After Jasper dragged Alice out we had talked more about her past and the horrors she'd endured by the people who were supposed to care for her. With a vow that I would keep her safe I left her to sleep for a bit.

I sat now at the piano playing and thinking. Questions swirled in my head. 'why would people who supposedly cared for her do such vile things to her.' was the main thing I was having a hard time wrapping my head around it. I knew there were some pretty bad people in this world but I would never understand how any decent man could rape. Sure I know rape isn't about the sex act itself but the feelings of control and power that comes from the use of force to get it. In my human life I'd been raised to be a respectful gentleman and that meant never raising a finger to a woman, and that when a lady says no it means no. Time had not changed that, at least not for me. So lost in my thoughts was I that I never heard her come down the stairs. Not till she placed a soft hand on my shoulder did I even realize that those had been footsteps I'd heard, and I couldn't help but jump. No one had ever been able to do that.

"Congrats you managed to scare me that's like the first time ever." I told her as I took her hand from my shoulder and guided her down to the piano bench beside me. She smiled then.

"Sorry didn't mean to I thought you would have at least heard my footsteps since I'm shielding my thoughts." Sure enough when I tried to read her mind I felt like I'd just hit a brick wall.

"I could break down that shield if I really wanted to." I informed her somewhat dryly.

"I know you could but what's more is that I know you won't." My fingers began to play of their own accord. It was an old song, one of my favorites. I couldn't place it but for whatever reason I felt content. Usually the smell of human blood so close was more tempting then I could bear but right this second I wasn't concerned. A fact that should worry me I wondered if she felt it too or if I was just imagining things.

"Feel what?" she asked and my fingers stopped playing. I was so not used to having my thoughts read.

"This." I said as I gently ran my fingers down her now healed arm. The air between us crackled like it was charged. She only nodded.

"I felt it from the first day. I didn't understand it right away but as soon as you touched me it was like every cell in my body was electrified." I'd been puzzling over it, thinking it a fluke of some kind. It had been driving me nuts for 3 weeks now. Yet here she'd felt it too. Could I hope that maybe she felt something for me too seeing as how she knew what I was yet hadn't run screaming. 'I wonder then if that's why…' I trailed off as I began to play again and the familiar chords of Esme's favorite swirled around us. 'why what?' she prompted after the song ended and silence settled. 'Is that why you wanted me to do the kit?' I asked knowing she'd know what I meant. It felt weird having a silent conversation with her, I was used to being asked questions silently but having to answer aloud cause no one else could read minds. So this was new but not unwelcome as a matter of fact it could be quite handy. I was well used to limited privacy having always lived around my family and their ability to hear whispers no matter where in the house. But I still had many questions for her and I knew that she would not want everyone to know some of the answers. 'well?' I asked when she remained quiet.

"Yea I guess so. I went over everything that's happened since you saved me again and I can't really explain it any other way." So she'd been going over the weeks events and I hadn't heard a word of it. Probing gently with my gift I felt the wall around her mind again and tried to find any hole.

"You won't find one." she said calmly when I gave up. I was baffled that she could do that. Never before had I known someone who could keep their thoughts from me like she did. Alice could when she wanted to but it required her to think of things that she knew would drive me away.

"How do you do it?" I asked unable to reel in my curiosity any longer.

"Do what the shield or reading thoughts or putting my thoughts in someone else's head to make it seem like they thought of it on their own?" She asked with a slight frown, then added,

"And stop trying to find a whole in my shield before I throw you out of my head."

"And how might I ask are you going to throw me out of your head?" I asked having a feeling I was not going to like the answer.

"Try again." she instructed and I did probing forward along the wall that protected her thoughts until suddenly I felt like my head was spinning off my shoulders. I actually grabbed the sides of my head in effort to make the spinning stop. When it did I couldn't help but glare at her.

"I warned you. It's your own fault." she stated simply knowing I had no argument. I had indeed asked for it.

"How exactly can you put your thoughts into someone's head?" I asked recalling her earlier question, though maybe statement was a better way to put it since she had answered my question with one of her own.

"Like this." she replied and I was playing the piano again before I could think twice about it, my fingers deciding to have a mind of their own. She just smiled when I looked at her amazed. I stopped playing as my mind spun with questions. 'how and why, when had this begun and had anyone taught her.'

"Whoa slow down Edward one at a time." she said finally.

"No to most of those questions. No one taught me and I don't think I'll ever know how this works nor why I can do it and no one else I have ever known can." She said in answer to most of my silent questions about her gift which was, I hated to admit it, far more complex than mine. Another question hit me and was out of my mouth before I could stop it.

"Did you make me play the piano again when I asked you how you put your thoughts into someone else's head?" A sly smile darted across her face as she nodded. I had to admit I was real curious now and more questions flooded my brain.

"How did you do that?" I just couldn't help myself. She frowned,

"If I agree to play 20 questions then could you answer some of mine." I thought for a split second before,

"Sure, are we going to have this conversation aloud?"

"Yea and we should probably bring everyone else in as well. I'm sure your parents and siblings have questions and I would prefer not to have to repeat myself." I couldn't argue with her on that so I called for everyone else to meet us in the dining room. And sure enough by the time we got there everyone but Rosalie was gathered round. The seat at the head of table was empty for her I figured as was the one to the left, for me. Carlisle sat to the right with Esme on his other side. Alice, Jasper and Emmett were on my side of the table. Her anxiety spiked suddenly when she caught sight of my brothers. She had yet to meet them as they'd been hunting when we brought her back. And she'd been avoiding male contact except mine and sometimes Carlisle's. Emmett moved to get up and her panic rose.

"Don't move either of you." I hissed as Jasper made to follow Emmett and she backed into me holding my arm for dear life. Carlisle reached for the hand that held my arm and she let him take it to guide her to the chair beside him. Alice had put Jasper back in his chair and Emmett had stopped moving at my glare.

"Relax honey they wont hurt you." Carlisle told her and her heart slowed some, but she still glanced up to me for assurance that what Carlisle had told her was true. Her heartbeat and breathing returned to normal at my gentle nod and the smile I just couldn't seem to help. Alice was positively beaming at that exchange. I wondered why but she was singing Christmas carols in her mind so I didn't bother any farther knowing she would tell me when she was ready.

"Now everyone," Carlisle spoke again,

"Edward called this meeting because as you can see we have a guest. Edward and I saved her from a newborn a few weeks ago. Alice told me after her arrival that she would become important to this family. So now I think Edward has questions for her which is why he called this meeting. Am I correct?" He finished looking at me.

"Yes I have questions for her and this meeting was actually her idea so that way we could all ask her questions and she won't have to repeat herself."

"One person at a time though and I think Carlisle should start cause I can see already that all his questions are practical and need addressing right away." She interjected before I could say what she'd just plucked from my head, no longer being the only mind reader was going to be interesting and annoying.

"Ok then." Carlisle was clearly surprised that she'd picked him to go first. Thinking she'd have me start.

"How old are you and is anyone likely to come looking for you?"

"16 and no, no one will come looking for me." She answered and I was kind of glad she'd let my father start cause he'd get all the questions that she had been avoiding from me.

"Why not?"

"Because I have been in foster care since I was born and my foster family only kept me for the money and so they'd have a punching bag."

Ignoring that bit for now I listened intently as they continued.

"Where are your real parents?"

"No idea, I was the product of my mothers' rape and though she couldn't bring herself to abort me, she couldn't handle the thought of having a living reminder of what she'd been through. So she surrendered me to the state. I've been with a dozen different families and none for longer then 2 years." she had tears in her eyes and I could tell from the look on my mothers' face that she felt some of the pain Jasmine had lived with. She sniffed trying not to let the tears out. I saw Alice vanish only to reappear a second later with a washcloth which she handed to me for Jasmine. Puzzled I looked at her and saw that she didn't know how Jasmine would take her approach so she decided to have me give it to her rather then risk upsetting her farther.

"Where was this family living?"

"California, somewhere near L.A.." She was a long way from there and if I had anything to say about it she was never going back, I couldn't figure why I felt so protective of this girl but I just knew that I would not be able to be without her. As far as I was concerned she was never going to be out of my sight. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Alice beam at this decision but she was still singing carols so I had no hope of seeing whatever vision she had had till she was ready to share.

"Well you're a long way from there now. Do you have any idea where you are?" She shook her head, her long auburn hair about her face sent waves of wonderful fragrance my way. It suddenly felt like it had been weeks since I'd last fed rather then hours. The mouthwatering aroma of vanilla and gardenia's I had become accustomed to seeing as she had slept every night since her arrival in my bed hit me like a semi truck and I had to fight to swallow the venom flooding my mouth. Only Alice seemed to sense my struggle. I wanted to get up and run far away but I couldn't. Just the thought of distance between myself and the gorgeous smelling creature beside me made me feel like I was being ripped apart. 'And she depends on you much more then she knows so if you were to leave it would just prove her belief that there is something wrong with her. And that will destroy what little self-esteem she has. So please Edward don't leave.' Alice's mental voice practically yelled at me. Begging me not to do anything that would in effect set back her recovery. Finally I was able to catch a glimpse of Alice's vision that showed us dancing slowly under the stars, my arms around her waist and hers were around my neck. There was no space between us. Then she cut me off resuming her singing so I wouldn't find out more. I growled in annoyance. Jasmine flinched beside me and with a start I realized that the talking had stopped as everyone was watching mine and Alice's silent exchange. Everyone but Jasmine looked confused. I had to explain,

"I was trying to see Alice's vision but she won't share." I knew that made me sound like a pouting 2 year old, but I couldn't help it. I hated being kept in the dark. Having known Jasmine had heard the exchange and knew now why I was annoyed I wished now that I could block my thoughts too and she laughed then.

"By all means share, what's so funny?" Carlisle asked curiously all thoughts of questions forgotten.

"You didn't tell them that I can read minds too?" She asked when her laughter subsided.

"No it wasn't my secret to tell. Besides you told Esme, Carlisle and I weeks ago." I reminded her. "And Alice should have seen as much so then the only ones who didn't know would be Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie, speaking of why isn't she down here?" But before anyone could answer that Emmett groaned,

"Another one?" Carlisle raised a hand for silence before anyone could think to say anything.

"So you can read minds as well. But there is more to it then that isn't there?" Carlisle asked recalling a snippet of our conversation that morning when she'd snapped at us for talking in our heads rather then out loud. "Yeah there is a bit more." She finally acknowledged after a moments silence.

"Care to explain or is that something you would rather wait on?" Esme asked finally breaking her silence.

"I'll explain it now since Edward has already told me about his and I heard Alice say she has visions but I haven't asked for more explanation, at least not yet." She finished quietly.

"Yes I have visions of the future but they are decision based so if I were to see one thing then you change your mind about it, I would see that and how it would change whatever I had previously seen." Alice put in quite happy to finally have a reason to include herself in this conversation. Jasmine from what little I already knew, was going to become our newest sister. I had already heard some of my parents thoughts about adopting her. But I was so lost in my thoughts at the piano at that time I had not paid much attention. That would require another family meeting after Jasmine went to bed.

"What more can you do beside read minds?" Jasper asked now getting into the discussion as well.

"I can shield my mind from other mind readers and I can put thoughts into peoples heads, so they will think they thought of it on their own when they didn't. Ask Edward what I did to him." That had everyone looking at me.

"Well what did she do?" Emmett prompted now practically bouncing out of his chair in excitement at the thought that somebody had finally gotten the better of me.

"She scared me for one, coming up behind me while I was at the piano and then she threw me out of her head when she got annoyed by my attempts to get past her shield." I said to the awed looks of my family. My father was of course the first to regain the ability to speak.

"How did you manage to sneak up on Edward?" he asked while vainly trying to hide the amusement he felt.

"I heard him playing the piano and I just couldn't help it, I followed the sound of the music downstairs and he was so lost in his thoughts that he never heard me coming. Then when I told him I would throw him out of my head if he didn't stop trying to read my thoughts he did not believe me. So he dared me to prove it, it's his own fault for not listening to me. I also made him play the piano when he'd asked about how I could put my thoughts into another's head. He already wanted to play the song I just used my thoughts to increase his desire to play and he was halfway through the song before his brain caught up to his hands." She blushed and looked down at her hands which she'd folded in her lap.

"Wow, that's amazing." She just blushed harder at Esme's comment.

"That is really incredible but I still have some more questions as far as what we were talking about earlier." Carlisle interjected returning the conversation to it's original track.

"Do you know where you are now?" Again she shook her head.

"Washington. A tiny town called Forks. I can guess you've probably never heard of it. The closest big city is Seattle. Now you said no one will come looking for you right?" She nodded not really liking the direction the conversation was now heading.

"I don't really want to pry but we need all the information we can get to help you as best we can and you made statements to Edward that morning about having been abused before," he paused and I suddenly knew where he was going with this.

"Can I ask how long the abuse went on?" She looked down intent on studying the table top. After a few minutes of anxiety laced silence she answered,

"Three years."

"Was it just physical abuse?" I had a feeling I knew the answer to that. We had kind of talked about it already. Since she'd let it slip that she had been raped before. I looked up at her in time to see her shake her head. She was still studying the table top. Looking over to Emmett and Jasper I indicated with my shoulder that they should leave the room to give her the semblance of privacy for this bit of the discussion. They nodded and were gone without another word. Alice moved to the now empty chair beside me. 'where did they go?' Esme thought to me.

"I asked them to step out to give her some privacy for these next few questions." I said for her and Carlisle's benefit since he'd wondered the same thing but she said it first. 'thank you Edward' was her silent reply. I rubbed a gentle circle on her back to show that I'd heard her. She sighed as she pulled her legs to her chest and wrapped her arms around her knees.

"What's your full name and date of birth?" Surprised by the turn of topic she looked up before answering.

"Jasmine Olivia Benson and I was born on June 2nd, 1993." She tried and failed to hide a yawn. I had been wondering how she could be so energetic despite her mostly injuries.

"I'm just naturally that way, no idea why. I heal pretty quick too which is a good thing." She replied to my thoughts, this was going to get annoying but now I could see how everyone else felt when I answered their thoughts rather then their words. Jasmine smiled as she yawned again almost succeeding in hiding it but I had been waiting for it. There were some things I could tell that just the family needed to talk about so I would use this as the excuse to get her some rest. Catching Carlisle's eye I asked him under my breath,

"Do we have a room set for her?" a quick shake of his head accompanied by the thought of 'we can put her on the sofa in the living room that way she's not to far or you can continue your current arrangement for the time being we'll get a room ready for her tomorrow.' A quick glance at her to see if she'd been listening to the silent conversation and I realized she was asleep with her head on her knees, her arms around them to keep them up.

"Upstairs then she can stay in my bed where she's comfortable. I'll need to hunt again though. Her scent has a very strong affect on me." Carlisle's eyebrows rose at this but before he could open his mouth Esme spoke,

"I'll stay with her while your gone. She may panic if she wakes without you." I nodded. Especially since she'd been near Carlisle, she was scared of him and anytime spent in his company caused her to have issues with panic.

"Is there anything else to discuss?"

"Yes there is a bit more, but take her upstairs before she falls out of that chair."